Using vi, I created the above file, at the specified location, then ran
update-menus.

Flight Gear now has an entry in the Games menu, and the menu entry runs
the application.

Now, all I have to do, is figure out how to use it, and learn to fly
(kind of) using it, without crashing or causing other massive stuffups.

Thanks everyone, for your help.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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